Authorities ID man's remains

Monday

CRESTVIEW — Authorities have determined a body found in late March in a wooded area off Pandora Drive in Crestview to be those of Damian Matthew Andrews of DeFuniak Springs.

CRESTVIEW — Authorities have determined a body found in late March in a wooded area off Pandora Drive in Crestview to be those of Damian Matthew Andrews of DeFuniak Springs.

Andrews was reported missing March 2, 2011, by a sister, according to news releases issued by the Crestview Police Department and the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.

Medical Examiner’s Office investigators used dental records to identify Andrews from “skeletal remains” found March 28 in the wooded area off Pandora Drive, the Crestview Police Department news release said.

The victim's identity was made public Monday.

“Due to the condition of the skeletal remains” the cause and manner of death have not been determined, Crestview Police Department Lt. Andrew Schneider said.

There is some confusion as to the last time and place Andrews had been seen alive, Schneider said.

One report had him leaving the Quinta Villa Apartments in Crestview “on foot smoking a cigarette” after spending the night with friends.

A second report located him at a Tom Thumb convenience store near the intersection of U.S. Highways 90 and U.S. Highway 331 in DeFuniak Springs.

The sightings were both reported over the weekend of Feb. 11, 2011, Schneider said.

The Quinta Villa location would have been about a half-mile from where the body was found, Schneider said.